Bridles Grouping and Horses Dancing: The Culture of Chariot Driving in Zhou, Qin and Han Dynasties

From the perspectives of literature and archaeological interaction, Zhou, Qin and Han dynasties (including Western Han and Eastern Han Dynasties) are the most prosperous periods of ancient Chinese chariot driving, The phenomenon of Bridles grouping and horses dancing is an important symbol of Chinese sports civilizations one.Charioteer mainly controls the horses through bridles, titles and whips, and "six Jie" and "five Yu" are the basic skills for chariot-driving learners.During the cultural evolution from the chariot driving methods (the basic principles and methods of chariot driving), the chariot driving techniques (the skills of the martial chariot driving), chariot driving rituals (the regulations of rituals in chariot driving) to the chariot driving theory (the political metaphor of chariot driving), its ethic, ecological and cultural elements in the sport of Yu (chariot driving), with its specific activities involving into the political metaphor context, have been unprecedentedly demonstrated and released, though its practice as a physical behavior gradually have been weakening.